Thursday’s Mini-Report

* As you may have heard, a jury today found John Edwards not guilty on one count, and was deadlocked on the remaining five charges.

* There was a congenial gathering at the White House today, where President Obama welcomed former President George W. Bush and his family for the unveiling of Bush’s official portrait.

* A heartbreaking story of a Syrian boy who played dead to survive: “When the gunmen began to slaughter his family, 11-year-old Ali el-Sayed says he fell to the floor of his home, soaking his clothes with his brother’s blood to fool the killers into thinking he was already dead.”

* While the Greek government is “missing key deadlines for making economic reforms that were promised in return for its international bailout,” the president of the European Central Bank said the structure of the euro currency union has become “unsustainable.”